Garment-hanger.



P. I.. REED.

GABMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.29, 1913. 1, 1 30,540.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 1.

Witwen@ "HE NDRRIS PETERS CO:l PHOT0-LIVTHO.. WASHINGTON, DA C.

I'. L.' REED.

GABMENT HANGBR. lAPPLICATION FILED 00T.29, 1913.

1,130,540. Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

'HE NORRIS PETERS CD.; PHOTD-LITHO.. WASHINGTU'N. D. C.

FANNIE L. REED, OF KOKQMQ, INDIANA.

GrARMi-iiv'r-I-nsinGER'.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led October 29, 1913. Serial No. 797,927.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FANNIE L. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kokomo, in the county of I-Ioward and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers; and I do hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends improvements in garment hangers and relates more particularly to those which may be folded into a very compact form.

One of the objects of the invention isto provide a garment hanger which will support a pluralityvof hats, neckties, a coat and a plurality of skirts and trousers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this type which. shall be of extremely simple construction, strong, durable and relatively cheap to manufacture.

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of .this natureto render them more useful, practical and commercially desii-able.

Vith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is a front elevation of my improved garment hanger, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the plane of line 2 2 of Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the plane of line 3 3 of Fig. l, Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the plane of line l-ef of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View, showing the construction of one of the hat holders and method of connecting it to the standard, Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the plane of line 6-6 lof Fig. 4f, and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective viewT of one of the pins used in connection with my hanger.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the main central rod or body of 4my improved hanger, said rod being bent at its upper end to form a supporting loop 2 and :being also formed with elongated loops 3 and 4.k The loop 3 is formed .by extending the central rodangularly, as indicatedby the numeral 5, then back upon itself, as indicated by the numeral 6, said last vmentioned portion being bent over the portion 5 adjacent to the main portion of the standard. The lower loop 4 is similarly formed and comprisesY an upper strand 7 and a lower strand 8, the free end VPatented MaLZ,

of the latter being coiled about the first mentioned strand adjacentto the vertical portion of` the standard. The vcenter linesof these loops are disposed in horizontal planes and each loop supports a pair of wings 9 and l0.y Eachof the wings is formed of a single length of wire, bent intermediate its ends to form parallel arms and the freefends of thesearms are coiledaboutA the upper strands of their' respective loops, as indicated by the numeral 11. To prevent the wingsA swinging Vdownwardly below the planes of the loops, eachfof the arms is bent to provide a stop projection 12 which engages the lower strand of the loops, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. It will be seen that these stop projections will not prevent the wingsbeing swung upwardly into vertical planes-and will serve to support them firmly when they are disposed operative positions. Y The upper set of wings ris designed to support a coat, and the lower set is intended to support a plurality of skirts or trousers. The arms 13 of the wings 10 are disposed closer to one another than the arms of the upper set of wings, and this construction is provided so that the ends of the legs of a pair of trousers may be clamped therebetween.` Each of the wings 10 will support a pair of trousers in this manner. In order that skirts may be easily attached to the wings 10, I provide a pair of pins, generally designated 14, one pin being connected to each of the wings. By reference to Fig. 7 it will be seen that each of these pins is formed of a single strand of wire, bent to form a pin portion 15, an offset portion 16 and a catch 17 carried upon the free end of the offset portion. The offset portion forms with the pin portion a loop through which the wings extend. In attaching a skirt to the hanger, the straps on lthe waistband may be hooked over either end of vthe pins, and since these pins can not rotate about the arms of the wings 1Q, there will be no danger of the straps slipping 0H the ends of the pins.

A necktie holder 18 in the form of a ring is connected to the standard by means of the wire rod 19, said rod being coiled about the standard and then extended to form the arms 2O and 2l. The holder 18, wire 19 and arms 20 and 2l are all formed from a single piece of metal.

A pair of standards 22 are secured at `their lower ends to the extremities of the arms. 20 and 2l and have their upper ends bent to form the loops 23 to which are pivotally connected the hat supports 24. Each support is formed of a single strand of wire coiled at one end about the central portion of the loop 23, as indicated by the numeral 25, then bent to form a forwardly projecting loop, next coiled about the loop 23, as indicated by the numeral 26, and then extended downwardly and laterally to provide the arm 27. rlhis arm, by engaging the standard, holds the main portion of the hat support in a horizontal plane and does not prevent said support being swung upwardly into a vertical plane.

Wlren it is desired to transportthc hanger or fold it into a compact form, the wings may be swung upwardly parallel to the main rod l and the hat supports may be swung into a vertical plane.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that l have provided a very simple, practical and strong garment hanger which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost and which may be easily folded into a very compact form.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, l claim A hat rack comprising a standard, a wire coiled around the upper portion of said standard adjacent its upper end, the lower ends of the wire extending outwardly from said standard on opposite sides thereof to form angular arms, a pair of standards secured at their lower terminals to said arms, their upper ends bent to form loops, rings pivotally mounted in said loops providing means for holding hats thereon.

ln testimony whereof l afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FANNlE L. REED.

Witnesses THOMAS L. REED, Jnssm W. MATTHEW.

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